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Lightweight Backpacking Demonstration

Gossamer Gear | Apr 26, 2011
On April 2nd, Philip Werner at SectionHiker.com gave a demonstration about lightweight backpacking to a dozen hikers ...
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Will be at ADZPCTKO 2011

Gossamer Gear | Apr 22, 2011
Gossamer Gear is proud to announce that it will have a booth at the upcoming Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick...
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Interview with Glen Van Peski

Gossamer Gear | Apr 19, 2011
From time to time we like to revisit the history of Gossamer, to show our readers how it all started. There is a grea...
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Conquer stress with Francis Tapon

Gossamer Gear | Apr 15, 2011
For those interested in learning how to overcome unwanted stress on the trail and in your everyday lives. Trail Ambas...
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Shelter Update from Grant

Gossamer Gear | Apr 14, 2011
Unfortunately, the most recent lot of our spinnaker fabric has failed our quality inspection. Due to this we will be ...
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A Pleasant Surprise

Gossamer Gear | Apr 12, 2011
From time to time we receive thank you messages from our users. This recent message came from John Muse, who has used...
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Lithium vs Alkaline Battery Weight

Gossamer Gear | Apr 08, 2011
It's common knowledge that Lithium batteries outlast Alkaline batteries by about 50%. However, did you know one AAA L...
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Lightrek Pole LT4s Review

Gossamer Gear | Apr 05, 2011
For those interested in reading a review of the Gossamer Gear Lightrek Poles. We at Gossamer like to research differe...
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Martin Rye gives Gossamer some love

Gossamer Gear | Apr 01, 2011
For those interested in hearing about opinions of Gossamer. Every once in a while we like to post positive feedback t...
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Lightweight Backpacking Demonstration

Gossamer Gear | Mar 29, 2011
If you've ever been backpacking, you've probably heard people boast that their pack weighs 50 or 60 lbs. Those days a...
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How to build a G4

Gossamer Gear | Mar 25, 2011
For those interested in learning how to build the G4 backpack. The following video is a great clip that was just rece...
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Joe Newton's 'gear of the year'

Gossamer Gear | Mar 22, 2011
For those interested in seeing how the Gorilla backpack rated according to Joe Newton. Trail Ambassador Newton recent...
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